Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Nail Art Tutorial: Zebra Nails... My First Ever

Seeing almost 50 Nail Art Tutorials, you wouldn't find any "zebra" prints, it's funny how I've thought about it but never tried to do it...why? I am seriously not into zebra prints! As you all know, my nail art is basically my personality and "feisty-ness" is definitely not Nikki-ness! But recently, I got so many zebra print requests, so I got to do what's challenging right? Nothing to lose...so much to gain!

This nail art for the week is very special to me because I've done this for you.. my dear readers who are so nice to me! I've decided to wear this nail art for one week and I am thanking you all for the requests because I am starting to love this!

Here's my first ever zebra nails on hot yellow polish! :) I wanted it funky yet dainty at the same time so I added some rhinestones...

Making sure the base polish is dry, use L.A. Colors Art Deco in Black and randomly paint it in different directions.

Step 3:

Using the same L.A. Colors Art Deco Polish in Black, create zebra stripes. Always remember to take things slowly but surely, nail art doesn't have to be perfect! My trial and error paid off! I can draw zebra prints with both hands!

Step 4:

Apply Rhinestones if you want. This step is optional.

Step 5:

Making sure the black zebra stripes are completly dry. Top the nail art with a silver polish to create a bit of glitter. I am using Caronia's Silver Glitter.

Step 6:

Top everything with your favorite top coat to protect the nail art and the rhinestones.

My nails for the week!Trivia: Guess where I studied in college with my nails! *rawr*

Now I want to know!
Are you a dainty flower girl?
Or are you a fierce zebra print girl?

58 comments
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Your drawing is actually very neat...for pattern like this I would probably go for those nail stamping tools to save some time and trouble. (But then my nail beds are too small so they will still make a mess)

(Mind the fact that my favorite color is yellow. But even without that factored in, I love it! It looks so Lady Gaga-ish. I luurrrve it! Hmmm I would definitely do this if I had the skill but without the rhinestone blingage, lol!) :D

I'm a fierce zebra print girl =D Can I tell you a secret? I'm sooo not into florals/daintyness, that I feel "bakla" when I wear one.Haha! I dunno why I feel that way, I absolutely adore daintyness when I see it on other girls, but it's awkwad on me!! Sad! LOL.

Citrine, I don't think nail stamping tools would work for my weird nail shape too! I've tried stamping tools but I think I enjoy drawing more than anything...well only on nails! I hate drawing on papers! lol I always get just the passing mark for drawing class!

Lulu, thank you!!! I like the combination, probably got inspired by my school color LOL and true, they are bumblebee colors too!

Teeyah, hahaha you are so right, I may not be the feisty type but when the time calls for it, I will be as feisty as ever, come to think of it, you're right, I've gone through so much :) Thanks for the vote of confidence friend, hope to meet you someday :)

Maggie, really? wow..you must be a zebra print lover then? Lady gaga-ish, you made me laugh!

Donnarence, wow! thanks for liking this nail art, a lot of people who sees me find this quite over the top for my personality, but hey, its nice to shock people!

The NeurochiQ, I can tell! hahahha I know what you mean about being "Bakla" when you're girly! I have a feeling we'll be cool when we meet, I have a lot of friends like you and sis! I can be as "bakla" as ever! :)

Ela, thank you sweetie, you're very much welcome on my tuts! God bless you too!

Karysa, go go go thomasian! Are you one too?

Abby, I definitely didn't plan to do a school "rivalry" thingy, but I seriously did this and ended up reminded me of my school, not intended to do a school nails! :)

Nikki, no, I'm from somewhere further north ;) But my parents, sister, and all my Mom's family is UST. :) I'm subscribed to your RSS feed, thanks for the daily entries! Something to look forward to when I log on to the internet everyday :D

Prettybeautiful sis! yes you can my dear! I'm your sister remember? You've always said you can't do it but when you try, I'm sure you can! You can even pull this off even better I can sense it li'l sis!

Karysa, ahh wow Family of Thomasian, same with you, my brothers, sister, aunts are all from UST too :) Thank you for subscribing, that is too nice of you to say that you look forward for my daily post! That gives me the drive to post more useful stuffs for readers like you :)

DANG! Ayan! hahah you scared me when you said you'll call me "Askmewhats" that doesn't sound nice! sure, we can be bakla and dainty together! Can't wait...probably meet up with Teeyah too! I'd love to meet her too!

Caby, awww, really? Super scrub ka ba? Me, I'm used to being super careful with my nails, I still do household chores but I try not to use my fingernails to do stuffs :) But don't get me wrong, I've got a couple of nail accidents loads of times :)

Wow, I love your nail art! I'm trying to learn how to do the zebra stripes so I'm glad someone out there made a complete tutorial. But I was wondering...what brand of black nail polish do you use? I'm trying to find one with a really skinny brush.